The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-10-12

struggle with the fathers OF English liberty; walk
among the tombs OF kings and queens, dead these
| hundred years: Westminster Abby! where all the
bloody saints and prosecuted philosophers of old
England lie Wondering in sacred dust.
loft have 1 ranged its gloomy aisles alone.
Sad luxury TO vulger minds unknown
Here Macaulay leads to the execution Of
Charles. that hapless monarch. We see his head
drop into the basket. The mob howls. that ter
rble London rabble: Cromwell ascends the throne
grasps the reins with iron hand, and holds the
fragments of Britain together by the power of
mighty genius. At last the great protector falls.
too. We fight with the factions. and discuss
liberty with fire and sword for few hundred
years, and the broad Atlantic and renew the
struggle for life and liberty in the black forests
and among the ruthless savages of unknown
| land. Soon come to George Washington Alex
| ander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson John Adams.
John Randolph, and join in the debates of that
| ASSEMBLY OF dem-gOds" and make the cOnstitu-
| ton. 1.-The greatest work ever struck from the
brain of man at a given time" Then we have
Webster, Benton, Calhoun, Henry Winter Davis,
Henry Clay. and all the great expounders We
meet the new problem. We become acquainted
with the peculiar institution"
What is this cloud. this small spec the hor-
| zon of human history that presages such terrible
stOrms The old dead issues of the past trouble us
| no more. 1t is not conscience now but color
| Equal rights of ALL before the law
Strange doctrine! Slavery sits enthrOnei 1t
| dominates pulpit, press and purple Master of
| the legislature. Ruler of commerce. Arbiter of
the presidential chair. Chief justice of the
RENE court. All powerful. Against the ques-
| TONERS it mutters curses, not cloud but Deep
No man dared raise his voice against the divine
| yInkl Al k,1oo
say: Life of John Brown" wendell Phillips
civilian Lloyd Garrison Charles SUMNER
THE Fifteenth Amendment" jefferson Davis
and Grover Cleveland!' This is the story the
catalogue tells. Hoe hic sinai sic semper salera.
tus
Mr.. Editor, it's great catalogue. If you don't
believe it ask Cole Younger. JUNIUS.
Oct. :, 1887.
We Claim
That Sunday is IL long day in prison. and so is
every other day.
That if ignorance is bliss it's folly for jim
Jacobs to monkey with the telephone
| That prunes i'm themselves are harmless, but in
persons they are deceitful and liable to kick up a
rumpus.
| That Gilbert and Geo. Harris did the heaviest
days work last Saturday, that done in
prison.
That it not the carloads of wood which pro-
duced the heavy feeling about their ste achs bnt
the two suppers they ate.
That Rose is the MINES ota champion ratter.
That more than 5000 of these pets of the ladies
have taken their last bath in Roses patent trap.
That Lark in the hand is worth IL bush full
| Turned Loose. Continued deafening applause,
"say it again. from the galleries.)
That Jim Younger (our 3rd class p. N.Y. is work.
ing for the postmaster generally.
That we would like to eat Christmas dinner at
home.
That Jesse Aicorn did himself proud when he
painted the library
That it is not far from whisky to saltwater.
That Happy Az is long. loud dancer. How
is it, Brown?
That pardon signed Is worth bushel of prom.
ises
That wir, mattrass and Nightmares
are strangers. Mote this, 1879
| That we have No. choir.
That our prison has lost a most worthy and ex-
cellent chaplain.
That the darn dark. dreary, de athlike dungt on
is a horrible heinous. heathenish, hurtful, hope.
| less hole. Eth, 259?
That if President Cleveland likes this place
will swap with him and give him good-time
money to boot
That when John Gilbert and Jimmy Jacobs leave
the prison they will engage themselves to
| ''Dimc Museum" Jimmy a. the Bearded Girl
and Johnny as his "Mamma.'
| That when released will take up a
claim and start IL ranch where the "I.ark' sings
supreme and Turned LOOSE is rarity.
That any one who contradlcts claims may
have ration of prunes.
A prison is a house of care Il place
wli..,,. none can thrive. a tOuchstOme true